About the Measure
Domains | Mental health and wellbeing, Social and Emotional Competence |
Key stages | Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 |
Subscales | This is a unidimensional measure |
Description | A unidimensional measure of child mindfulness adapted from the adult MAAS. |
Example | I could be feeling a certain way and not realise it until later |
Link | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kimberly_Schonert-Reichl/publication/257795419_A_Validation_Study_of_the_Mindful_Attention_Awareness_Scale_Adapted_for_Children/links/0046353515614cb6e1000000/A-Validation-Study-of-the-Mindful-Attention-Awareness-Scale |
Psychometry | |
Implementation |
Implementation details
No. of items | 15 |
Format | Likert |
Respondent | Self |
Scoring | Standardised |
Time | 0 |
Age | 9-12 |
Cost single purchase | Available in jou |
Cost per child | Available in jou |
Psychometric details
UK norms | No |
Cronbach's α | .82-.84 |
Test retest | Not reported |
Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
EFA | Single factor so |
CFA | Not reported |
Criterion validity | Not reported |
Construct validity | Positive and Negative Affect Schedule positive affect subscale, r= .19 and negative affect subscale, r= -.52; Rumination, r= -.56; Spence Anxiety Scale, r= -.39; Children's Depression Inventory, r= -.47 |
Concurrent validity | Not reported |
Predictive validity | Not reported |
Responsiveness | Not reported |
Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
References | Lawlor, M. S., Schonert-Reichl, K. A., Gadermann, A. M., & Zumbo, B. D. (2014). A validation study of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale adapted for children. Mindfulness, 5(6), 730-741. doi:10.1007/s12671-013-0228-4 |